INDEX. 



511 



Structure of language, illustrations of the elementary principles of 



the, 163 

 Subterraneous noises heard at Nakous, 240 

 Swainson, (W., Esq.) remarks on the importance of preserving facts 



connected with the natural history of animals, 83 



Teeth, excision of, remarks on, 244 



Tenacity of metals, observations on, 462 



Thames Tunnel, report on the progress and present state of, 466 



" The Gold-headed Cane," review of, 278 



Tin, method of bronzing, 483 



Translation, corrected, of Mr. Grey's Enchorial manuscripts, 402 



Turpentine, oil of, its change by exposure to air, 487 



Turrell, (Mr.) on the uses of the diamond in the arts, 464 



Undulatory theory of light, elementary view of the, 127 

 Urinary gravel, on two new kinds of, 246 



Vapour, new phenomena produced by, 472 

 Varnishes, improvements in the manufacture of, 488 

 Varnishing, Indian method of, 227 

 Vegetable proximate principles, composition of, 485 

 Vegetables, experiments on the fecundation of, 497 

 Voltaic conductor, action of a moving metallic disc, on a portion 

 of, 228 



Warm-baths, hints respecting the construction of, 62 



Watch works, magnetism of, corrected, 223 



Water, earthy depositions from, influenced by the electricity of 

 metals in contact, 230 



Water, remarks on the supply of, to the western part of the metro- 

 polis, by the Grand Junction Water-works Company, 249 



fresh, found at sea, 502 



Weather, natural prognostics of, 501 



Weights and measures of New York, report on, 101 — remarks on 

 the report, 382 



Wheatstone, (Mr. C.) his remarks on the Kaleidophone, 344 



White copper, composition of, 483 



light of the sun, effect of, in making steel magnetic, 125 



Witting, (Dr.) his method of destroying the empyreumatic odour of 

 alcohol, 239 



Wood, quantity of charcoal from, 479 



Wounds, mode of treating when poisoned, 245 



Zero, change of in thermometers, 475 



END OF VOLUME I. 



